They won’t be moving on to a state championship or the world series, but Juneau’s Gastineau Channel Little League Minors Division All-Star baseball team can hang their gloves on the wall and put their cleats away with pride. The team defeated Sitka 9-1 on Sunday on Sitka’s Moeller Field to claim the District Championship.

“It was just like we planned and expected,” Juneau manager Gilbert Mendoza said. “It was a competitive game. We were swinging the bat and making contact and moving the runners along. It was six really good innings of Juneau baseball.”

Juneau-Douglas High School incoming senior Johnny Elliott, 16, held off hard charging Bryan Hitchcock, 39, in the annual McDowell Group Governors Cup race on Saturday.

Elliot finished in 17 minutes, 42 seconds over the 5K course and Hitchcock went 17:54 in a race named for the course athletes follow, not their political standing, and the common goal is to finish with gusto.

Home, 3 p.m., Majors State Championship Game 5 if needed (best of five), Nunaka Valley vs. GCLL at Melvin Park Field No. 2. (Tuesday, July 15, 3 p.m. Rain Delay Game if needed). Regionals in San Bernardino, CA July 18-25 / World Series at Portland, OR Aug 7-13.

1951 — Citation is the first horse to win $1 million in a career by taking the Hollywood Gold Cup by four lengths in Inglewood, Calif. Citation retires after the race with total earnings of $1,085,760. In 45 starts, Citation ran out of the money only once.

1964 — Jacques Anquetil wins his fifth Tour de France. It’s his fourth straight title of the cycling event.

1967 — Eddie Mathews of the Astros hits his 500th home run off San Francisco’s Juan Marichal at Candlestick Park. Houston beats the Giants 8-6.

The Juneau Midnights Suns Post 25 American Legion Baseball team traveled in a crucial weekend road trip at Anchorage, hoping to stay in the playoff hunt for the State Tournament.

Juneau opened with a Friday conference loss to East 7-6 and then defeated the Thunderbirds in non-conference action 3-0 in a nightcap. On Saturday, Post 25 opened with a 5-0 conference loss to Service and then fell 12-2.